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1935 - Ongoing UK expert sighting marine species records
Citation
The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (MBA); (2009) 1935 - Ongoing UK expert sighting marine species records https://doi.org/10.15468/tggq3w
Contact: Lear, Daniel

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Description
Occasional sighting of marine species recorded by academics, professionals or expert amateur naturalists. more

Records are from experienced recorders, are usually backed up with photographic evidence or specimens and are often validated by taxonomic experts. Some sightings of important species seen by volunteers and confirmed by expert recorders/taxonomists are included. All records have been QA'd including plotting locations.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Benthos, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Fish, Biology > Invertebrates, Biology > Macroalgae, Biology > Mammals, Biology > Plankton > Zooplankton
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Data, Marine Genomics, Species distribution, Taxonomy, ANE, North Sea, ANE, United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone, ANE: Ireland, Irish Exclusive Economic Zone, Annelida, Arthropoda, Ascomycota, Bryozoa, Chlorophyta, Chordata, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Echinodermata, Mollusca, Nemertea, Nemertina, Ochrophyta, Platyhelminthes, Porifera, Rhodophyta

Geographical coverage
ANE, North Sea [Marine Regions]
ANE, United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [Marine Regions]
ANE: Ireland, Irish Exclusive Economic Zone

Temporal coverage
From 1935 on [In Progress]

Taxonomic coverage
Annelida [WoRMS]
Arthropoda [WoRMS]
Ascomycota [WoRMS]
Bryozoa [WoRMS]
Chlorophyta [WoRMS]
Chordata [WoRMS]
Cnidaria [WoRMS]
Ctenophora [WoRMS]
Echinodermata [WoRMS]
Mollusca [WoRMS]
Nemertea [WoRMS]
Nemertina [WoRMS]
Ochrophyta [WoRMS]
Platyhelminthes [WoRMS]
Porifera [WoRMS]
Rhodophyta [WoRMS]

Parameters
Animal sightings

Contributors
Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA), moredata creatordata provider
Lear, Daniel

Related datasets
Parent dataset:
DASSH: The UK Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data, more

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Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2009-03-04
Information last updated: 2017-08-04
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